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archiepiscopi_fw-la et_fw-la alii_fw-la plures_fw-la episcopi_fw-la ut_fw-la animorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la et_fw-la eorum_fw-la omnium_fw-la qui_fw-la eye_n curae_fw-la sunt_fw-la consuleretur_fw-la 5._o saluti_fw-la and_o this_o proem_n of_o king_n edmund_n himself_z thus_o second_v supra_fw-la ego_fw-la edmundus_n rex_fw-la omnibus_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o ditione_n ac_fw-la potestate_fw-la meâ_fw-la sunt_fw-la senibus_fw-la &_o juvenibus_fw-la clarè_v signisico_fw-la i_fw-mi à _fw-la scientissimis_fw-la regni_fw-la mei_fw-la in_o celebri_fw-la ecclesiasticorum_fw-la quam_fw-la laicorum_fw-la frequentiâ_fw-la studiosè_fw-la requisivisse_fw-la quo_fw-la tandem_fw-la pacto_fw-la christiana_n proveheretur_fw-la side_n etc._n etc._n or_o mando_n &_o praecipio_fw-la omni_fw-la populo_fw-la seniorum_fw-la &_o juniorum_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o region_fw-la measunt_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la investigans_fw-la investigavi_fw-la cum_fw-la sapientibus_fw-la clericis_fw-la &_o laicis_fw-la in_o this_o 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